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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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Ovulation 26th/27th April - let’s TWW together

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TTCing · 26/04/2023 09:09

Hi ladies,

Month 10 of TTC #2. I had a chemical pregnancy last cycle.

I have a one year old daughter who took almost a year and a half to conceive. I previously had a chemical pregnancy not long before she was conceived.

Really hoping this cycle will bring good news ❤️

Please feel free to join if your ovulation is around 26th/27th April and/or AF due around 7th/8th/9th May.

Wishing luck to us all xx

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Ttcmumma · 17/05/2023 17:45

Thanks girls! I'm convinced I'm not pregnant I just thought maybe something was wrong with me 😅 everything I was reading online was saying just the lead up to AF which is what I usually have. But I guess it can be normal! Things have changed so much since my MMC in Jan that I don't know my own body anymore 🤦🏼‍♀️

@Freya8 I didn't have a chemical, I've never had any kind of clots until my MMC in January now get some tiny ones with my usual periods 🤷🏼‍♀️. I think as a chemical is so early on you can have just bleeding x

Daniki · 17/05/2023 13:25

Ttcmumma · 17/05/2023 10:14

Any of you ladies get breast pain even after af has arrived? My body is really messing with me now, cd3 and right boob especially still really sore. Normally goes as soon as AF arrives if not before. Definitely too much red blood and some very small clots to be pregnant, especially as I was still testing very negative at even 16dpo. Just wondering if it was normal as it's not for me and feel like my body is just trying to torture me at this point

Yes mine were really sore yesterday actually!

buckingmad · 17/05/2023 13:21

@Daniki after my early miscarriage I did ovulate but a week later than normal. I had an LH rise but didn't quite hit peak, then a week later got my peak so maybe just keep testing longer than you would normally just in case.

Freya8 · 17/05/2023 10:56

@Ttcmumma I norm get sorer boobs round ovulation weirdly! Tho in my tww there under my arm pits were insanley sore? N that lasted to even yest i felt that cd6. I never passed any clots with my chemical was a supposed to?

missmoosh · 17/05/2023 10:51

@Ttcmumma yeah that's normal for me, mine often hurt more during AF then the TWW. You could always test just to rule out a very late bfp? Stranger things have happened!

Ttcmumma · 17/05/2023 10:14

Any of you ladies get breast pain even after af has arrived? My body is really messing with me now, cd3 and right boob especially still really sore. Normally goes as soon as AF arrives if not before. Definitely too much red blood and some very small clots to be pregnant, especially as I was still testing very negative at even 16dpo. Just wondering if it was normal as it's not for me and feel like my body is just trying to torture me at this point

missmoosh · 17/05/2023 10:04

@TTCing right there with you feeling disheartened! Knowing that this cycle isn't gonna happen cos of thyroid is oddly helping take the pressure off a bit.
I won't be OPKing this month, I do have a Samsung watch with the skin temp feature for cycle tracking so will probs just rely on that for a rough idea of O day

Freya8 · 17/05/2023 09:41

@TTCing awh babes totally get ya about being disheartening.. i mean im feeling it and i hav an absolute cheek to since im only really couple months into ttc. It feels very ... unfair for some and very lucky for others. Im comin from a position of i was one of those lucky ones with my daughter n now its polar opposite. Maybe ur laid back attitude this month will b just wat u need fingers crossed for you and us all this cycle xxxx

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TTCing · 17/05/2023 09:34

@Freya8 i bet I’ll give in and be testing in a few days! But I think I’m at that stage of feeling so disheartened by it all that hopefully I’ll remain ‘can’t be arsed’ vibes! Haha.

I remember when I was TTC #1, it was around the 11 month mark when I started to ‘give up’ mentally about it. Maybe it’s a good thing? Expect less, less disappointment - I guess xx

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Freya8 · 17/05/2023 09:30

@TTCing in awe of this motivation!! Lol i think im too much of a control freak actually not even i jus like scannin them in on premom lmao

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TTCing · 17/05/2023 09:23

Morning ladies.

Hope all is welll!

ahhhhh, as if we’re ramping up to our fertile windows again!

I’m still feeling quite motivated to not test for ovulation this month! Cycle day 9 atm! 9 days (roughly) until I usually ovulate.

I’m tired at the thought of dtd 😂

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missmoosh · 17/05/2023 09:22

😂😂😂 I don't think my husband would let me leave them laying around like that!

Gosh my morning meeting at work consisted with everyone discussing their children and that someone else is pregnant. I just wanted to hang up the call!

Daniki · 16/05/2023 23:17

Freya8 · 16/05/2023 15:07

🤣🤣🤣 howling .. went to bend ovr theres ones falling out pockets of dressing gown lolll lik discusting that im actually rockin bout the house with my pee on a bit of cardboard!! My hubbys lik did u test again to see if hcg ones fainter ... am lik nope ... lol hes lik then whys it sittin here 🤣

Haha I was finding tests everywhere in pockets, dresser, in the en-suite. I'm sure my husband thinks I'm rotten aswell 😂😂

Freya8 · 16/05/2023 16:00

Were jus gona try for every other day n see wat happens ... might wear double socks in tww n legs up in air n all that jazzz. Took pomegrante juice but sure f**k lotta use that was for makin a welcoming womb 🤣🤣🤣🤣 literally bled at first opportunity lolll awh god

missmoosh · 16/05/2023 15:32

Hahahhaha! Made me snort in public!
I don't blame you gals with the chemicals testing, can't say I would be any different!
I don't think much point of me testing given my thyroid levels so gonna try chill this month!

Freya8 · 16/05/2023 15:07

🤣🤣🤣 howling .. went to bend ovr theres ones falling out pockets of dressing gown lolll lik discusting that im actually rockin bout the house with my pee on a bit of cardboard!! My hubbys lik did u test again to see if hcg ones fainter ... am lik nope ... lol hes lik then whys it sittin here 🤣

Ttcmumma · 16/05/2023 15:04

You should see the amount of lh and hcg tests I have in a bag at the end of every month its actually ridiculous! Went to throw them out yesterday and couldn't believe how bad it was 😅

Freya8 · 16/05/2023 15:02

Already testing lh lmaooo again the chemical has warped my brain to thinkin i wont ovulate so i need to be on it for wen that egg drops ... que me sittin here goin thru a box of 50 tests waitin ....

Daniki · 16/05/2023 14:33

Said I wouldn't track ovulation this month but iv caved and just bought some 😂 more so as I'm afraid the chemical would mean I don't ovulate this month 🙈

missmoosh · 16/05/2023 09:22

@Secondtimettc sorry to hear you are also out! Good luck on cycle 5!

@TTCing yeah it's hard, just looking back like what have I done with the last 11 months!

I too am entering fertile time, I often ovulate CD12/13, so a bit earlier than you. I reckon we can stay strong and not test!

We are gonna try our hardest for every day until I'm confident O has been and gone 😂 don't know why I'm bothering if my thyroid is out of whack, but I'm a sucker for punishment I guess!

Secondtimettc · 16/05/2023 08:43

I'm out AF arrived on Sun. Cycle 5 here we go. It took us 5 cycles each time last time (one early loss and then DS) although I'm older now!
Going to go back on my healthy eating (ate quite a lot of chocolate with pms) and not track but dtd a bit more often and spread out.

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TTCing · 16/05/2023 08:34

@Ttcmumma lots of love to you! I hope next month brings joy ❤️

@missmoosh totally feel like I wish my life away while ttc too.

im beginning to think about the fertile window this month now.

I’m on cycle day 8 and usually have peak (on Clearblue) on cycle day 16. So I think I ovulate cycle day 18.

I’m hoping I can refrain from ovulation testing and being obsessed this month.

I think we will try to dtd every other day from day 12-18 maybe xx

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missmoosh · 15/05/2023 18:40

@Freya8 yeah they are increasing my meds, and then retest in 6 weeks! Just feels like such a long time away! Feeling so deflated 🙃

Freya8 · 15/05/2023 16:01

@missmoosh is there anythin that can be done to level them? Meds or anythin? I get how you feel about the 2 week interval thing! Also seems either ppl catch straight away or it goes polar opp were they go thru alot. Im an awful one for wantin to know 'why' lik why did my body frickin let me down type questions 🙈

missmoosh · 15/05/2023 15:35

@Ttcmumma sorry to hear you are out too!

I have just found out my thyroid levels are too high, despite having them stable for over a year! Part of me is like oh well there is why things haven't worked the last couple months, even though im on cycle 11 . But a bigger part of me is just raging at my body and how ridiculous it is! One thing after the other, and I'm just ready to throw in the towel now! Feel like I'm wishing my life a way in 2 week intervals as it is!